Tomorrow’s show at Flatcolor Gallery is going to be ridiculously awesome, so go, go, go, Seattlites! Portland residents Sohaila Adela and Mark Warren Jacques will be invading Seattle with new works galore.

New drawings by Adela, entitled Esoteric, will explore the same themes she’s been exploring in the recent past — mysticism, rituals, femininity.

Jacques’ For this, I would lean into it will showcase his thoughtful explorations of form and color, which are simplistic at first glance but hold minor detail by way of texture and technique. His work will also be exhibited at White Walls in San Francisco, in a group show, starting April 3rd.

NYC-based artist Robert Melee‘s current exhibit at the David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles melts colorful shapes into a bare, white room. Figures draped with drapes of color and glossy wall hangings reminiscent of sheets of candy buttons pepper the space, inciting curiosity about Melee’s method and goals. The show is now on display through April 17th, 2010.

hydEON (Ian Ferguson) has crafted an amazing large-scale mural of the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The full 8′ x 4′ piece can be seen in-person at 2020 Cycle. (2020 E. Union St. Seattle, WA 98122).

READ OUR INTERVIEW WITH HYDEON HERE.

Travis Lampe never ceases to amaze, really, and some of his new works, featuring silk screened frames (genius!) are snapshots from twisted fairytales.

Raft Of The Sunset Chuckles II (Inspired by Théodore Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa), Acrylic on Wood with Silkscreened Frame, 8″x8″

Death of Mr. Frond (Inspired by Jaques-Louis David’s The Death of Marat), Acrylic on Wood with Silkscreened Frame, 8″x8″

Colossal Head of Swisher the Great (Inspired by Colossal Head of Constantine the Great), Acrylic on Hand-Stitched Canvas, 20″ x 15″ x 10″

Works are now on display through April 4th, 2010!

Stefanie Fiore has a stunning 10-photograph series that captures homes of Italian-Canadian families in their everyday garishness. Decorative wallpapers sandwich ornate furniture, gaudy photographs, and miscellaneous trinkets. Inanimate objects serve as subtle storytellers of history and social change. Posh or gaudy? Regal or cluttered? It honestly becomes hard to decide, but these photographs certainly capture a richness of character.

Fiore explains the series herself, saying:

This series is an investigation into the home of the first-generation Italian-Canadian in attempt to piece together an “Italian style,” and its significance within our history. The homes I am photographing belong to two Italian immigrant families who arrived in Canada after WWII. Specifically, these are the first homes that these families purchased since arriving in Canada over thirty years ago, and are the same homes they live in today.

Fulcrum Gallery is seeking Tacoma area artists between the ages 13-19 for a group show. Please click on the link below to download the submission guidelines.

http://fulcrumtacoma.com/newsletter/SubmissionGuidelines.doc